The BRICS in the New International Legal Order on Investment: Reformers or Disruptors
The BRICS in the New International Legal Order on Investment: Reformers or Disruptors
Editors: Congyan Cai, Huiping Chen, Yifei Wang
Series: Silk Road Studies in International Economic Law, Volume 4
Publisher: Brill | Nijhoff
Publication Year: 2020
About this Book
The BRICS in the New International Legal Order on Investment explores how Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) are reshaping their approach to international investment law. Written by international legal and economic experts with BRICS backgrounds, the book examines the motivations behind the modernization of investment treaty regimes in these countries and assesses their potential impact on the global investment legal order.
The volume investigates whether the BRICS nations can develop a shared approach to investment treaties and what unique contributions each country brings to the system. It provides detailed country-specific analyses of investment facilitation, investor protection, bilateral treaties, and emerging policies such as China’s Belt & Road Initiative.
By combining legal, economic, and policy perspectives, the book offers insights into how these emerging economies engage with and potentially transform the international legal framework governing investment. The work is relevant for legal scholars, policymakers, economists, and international investors interested in understanding the evolving global investment landscape and the role of BRICS in shaping it.
Contents
- Introduction – Congyan Cai, Yifei Wang
- Investment Facilitation and the Contribution of the Brazilian Approach to the Reform of the Investment Treaty Regime – Felipe Hees, Henrique Choer Moraes
- Russia’s Foreign Investment Policy: Recent Developments and Future Trends in Terra (In)Cognita – Dmitry K. Labin, Alena V. Soloveva
- India’s Investment Treaties: How an Emerging Economic Giant Makes International Commitments – Xiaoxia Lin
- The Belt & Road Initiative and the New Landscape of China’s ISDS Policy and Practice – Huiping Chen
- Investor Protection in South Africa – Eroded Bit by Bit? – Engela C. Schlemmer
- Recalibrating Policy Space in Bilateral Investment Treaties: Is There a Common B(R)ICS Approach? – Andreas Buser
- Investment Barriers, Investment Facilitation and the BRICS Countries’ Investment Treaty Policies and Practice – Xiuyan Fei
Conclusion – Congyan Cai
